Tuesday is deadline to file for elected office

HURON COUNTY — Tuesday is the deadline to get your name on the Aug. 6 primary election ballot.

So far, two Huron County commissioners will face opponents in the August primary, and one incumbent could be challenged in November.

Robert Oakes will challenge Commissioner Ron Wruble in District 6 for the Republican nomination; and Mary Babcock will challenge Commissioner John A. Nugent for the District 7 seat Republican nomination.

Democrat Rich Swartzendruber and Republican incumbent Steve Vaughan are each vying for their party’s nomination in the District 4 race. If they receive the nominations, they would face off in November.

Republicans Jeffery Krohn and Michael Meissner have filed for the District 2 seat, and incumbent Commissioner David G. Peruski has told the Tribune that he will not seek reelection.

Other incumbents who have filed and are unopposed (so far) are: Sami Khoury, Republican from District 1; Todd Talaski, Republican from District 3; and John Bodis, Republican from District 5.

Alexander Khoury has filed as a Republican candidate for Huron Count Register of Deeds; and Huron County Probate Court Judge David L. Clabuesch has filed to run for reelection.

Khoury is the current president of the Village of Sebewaing. He has announced that he will not seek reelection to that position.

Oakes, Babcock and Krohn served on the Huron County Planning Commission until recently. Although the Huron County Board of Commissioners appointed Oakes for another three-year term, Oakes resigned in protest of Planner Robert McLean being elected chair.

Babcock and Krohn did not seek reappointment as planners.

Swartzendruber is a former Huron County Commissioner. He held the District 4 seat in 2016.

• Candidates for county convention delegate (precinct delegate) must file an affidavit of identity for the August primary.

Filings are submitted to the clerk of the county in which the candidate resides.

Other deadlines are as follows:

4 p.m. July 19:

• District library board candidates who wish to seek office at the November general election must file an affidavit of identity and a nonpartisan nominating petition. A $100 nonrefundable fee may be filed in lieu of a petition. If the district library includes a school district, district library board candidates have to file by 4 p.m. Aug. 14.

• Candidates without political party affiliation file qualifying petitions and affidavit of identity for the November general election.

4 p.m. July 24

• Local school board candidates must file.

• Village candidates who wish to seek office at the November general election must file.

4 p.m. Oct. 26:

• Write-in candidates must file declaration of intent forms for the November general election.